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Budget 2021: Experts believe that COVID cess may be made applicable to higher income brackets individuals or business with specified turnovers from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/39k9z7Y

Budget 2021: IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath has favoured the extension of pandemic support measures, thrust on investment in infrastructure, and divestment path for commercially viable companies from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3okvvDZ

Budget 2021: The government should provide financing options, reduce GST on raw materials, reduce duties on lithium ion cell batteries, which may boost the sales of electric vehicles, according to... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2KQLqMG

Railway Budget 2021: Along with the main allocation, the agency also expects that the allocation of safety fund for the railway network should be increased by 50 per cent to Rs. 30,000 crore from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3ooIjsY

Budget 2021: China and Pakistan are likely to prompt more money allocation for the defence forces for the second straight year from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/39yLU3v

BSEB Bihar Board Inter Exam 2021: The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) will begin Class 12 or Intermediate Science, Commerce and Vocational exams today, February 1, 2021, following COVID-19... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3cx6W4z

Analysts believe that tax cuts, higher capital expenditure and greater spending on infrastructure projects -- which tend to support low-income earners -- hold the key to unlocking demand for goods and... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3j0p6Nl

Budget 2021: The Reserve Bank of India is exploring the possibility as to whether there is a need for a digital version of fiat currency, according to its recent booklet on payment systems from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2KVdJtq

Budget 2021: Corporates and industry lobby groups expect the government to announce greater spending on healthcare and infrastructure, as well as tax breaks for the automotive, manufacturing and... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3oqqFoW

Covid tests have been conducted as part of the preparations for the Budget Session, which is the second to be held under Covid restrictions after the Monsoon Session last year from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/36C5Hxt

Budget 2021: Individual taxpayers and the middle-class expect reduced GST rates in various sectors, and increased deduction for the interest on home loans from the taxable income from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3tcSO6H

Budget 2021: The finance minister is also expected to announce plans to fix the recurring problems in the banking sector, including the creation of a new infrastructure development bank and a bad bank from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2NNBB3v

A so-called Covid cess shouldn't be announced because the economy is still normalizing after a strict and vast lockdown, Sonal Varma, an economist at Nomura Holdings, said on Thursday from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3pvygUq

The government has missed its total spending targets in the past two years, or even scaled them down, and has failed to meet goals for some of its flagship development programs, a review of budget... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3ahp6Vl

The survey, which comes just ahead of the union budget for the new fiscal year that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present on Monday, also forecast a "V-shaped" economic recovery. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2YstQ4Z

Budget 2021: India is likely to double healthcare spending in the next fiscal year with the aim of raising expenditure in the sector to 4 per cent of gross domestic output in next four years from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3cmgFdR

Budget 2021: Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy, including moratorium, restructuring of loans etc, has helped to ease financial constraints to some extent, but not the demand from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3r3pLAs

Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday named two new lawyers to lead the defense in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial after abruptly parting ways with his prior counsel. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3tdrLrJ

India is vaccinating citizens faster than anywhere in the world amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3r9Nsac

Will it be a budget like "never before" or just another in a series of "mini budgets" presented over the last year to resuscitate a sputtering economy, that's the trillion-dollar question waiting to... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2NTJ8h6

Britain's Prince William has branded racist abuse directed at footballers "despicable" and said it "must stop now" after Manchester United's Marcus Rashford became the latest player to be targeted. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3j4cGE2

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said on... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2YyKwaQ

A 31-year-old man allegedly shot dead his cousin while playing a game following a petty dispute, police said on Sunday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3j5ZKgV

The Internet seems to like Katrina Kaif's version of the "new chill Saturday night" from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3tdnV1S

Paneer lollipop recipe: The tiny paneer balls with tooth picks stuck in them to pick and hold make for an ideal finger food. Pair them with tomato sauce or chutney and enjoy the delicious snack. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3j4ljhT

MIUI 12 comes with a ton of new features, but it also comes pre-loaded with bloat. Here's how you can get a deep cleanse. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3pzxOo5

Registration for the Humanities and Social Science Entrance Examination (HSEE) 2021 will begin tomorrow, February 1, at hsee.iitm.ac.in. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3r0C40i

A 37-year-old BJP worker was shot dead by miscreants at his residence in Tripura's Dhalai district on Saturday, police said. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2MD7pav

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United's forwards need to be more clinical after a 0-0 draw at an under-strength Arsenal dealt a second setback to their Premier League title challenge. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3r5hlZb

Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Australian lawmakers last week to discuss rules that would make internet giants pay news outlets for content but failed to persuade them to change policy, the... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3tc0JRt

Vi (Vodafone Idea) cheapest data recharge is priced at Rs. 16 and it comes with 1GB of total data benefit and just 24 hours of validity. The next best option is priced at Rs. 48 and it offers 3GB of... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2NIvVYg

CAT qualified candidates can apply online for MBA programmes at eight Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The last date to submit IIT MBA 2021 application forms is January 31. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/36ubqoN

Allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny prepared for a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations on Sunday despite authorities ramping up pressure on the opposition with arrests and... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3ozbD0a

The article provides the steps to easily change your existing Airtel Digital TV package. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3j2uyzb

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address this year's first Mann Ki Baat at 11 am on Sunday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3r6vuWi

Food banks, immigrant rights groups, and struggling colleges across the US discovered a surprise benefactor last year as billions of dollars flowed into organizations hurting during the pandemic from... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3pvh5lY

Germany's government on Sunday threatened legal action against laboratories failing to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the European Union on schedule, amid tension over delays to deliveries from... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3tb2qyt

Two Railway Protection Force jawans saved the life of a 76-year-old man who slipped while trying to board a train at Kalyan station, an official said on Saturday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3cogRt5

Billionaire investor Steve Cohen, seen by small investors as an enemy in the GameStop stock drama this week, deleted his Twitter account because of what he said were threats against him and his... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3al6ELo

A new visa scheme offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship will go live later on Sunday as the city's former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2YxUxoE

EU officials confessed on Saturday to a "blunder" in invoking Northern Ireland Brexit emergency powers during a showdown with Britain over vaccines, and London said it expected its supply of COVID-19... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3oHlMbn

Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg said on Saturday he owns a huge palace in southern Russia which jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has linked to President Vladimir Putin. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/36rz6Kl

On the eve of the Polio National Immunization Day, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday launched the first round of the Pulse Polio Programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3cpW4Fv

Serum Institute of India, the world's biggest vaccine maker, is hopeful of launching Covovax - developed in partnership with American vaccine developer Novavax - by June, its CEO Adar Poonawalla said... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3cs1Jv4

Hundreds of birds are culled in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Saturday as fresh cases of Bird-Flu (H5N8) were confirmed after several samples underwent tests in recent days. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2YwafAY

Britain will apply to join the Pacific free trade area, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the UK said Saturday, under its post-Brexit plans. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2MgYvzy

Only a few weeks ago, Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca was being applauded for the speed with which it developed its Covid-19 vaccine. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3pxwy56

The Australian Open's Covid-safe plan allows a daily crowd of 30,000 for the first eight days of the Slam, then 25,000 from the start of the quarter-finals. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/2MHDfmI

Mexico plans to import about 870,000 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from India in February, as well as producing it locally, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday. from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/39u2AJu

There has been an increase in weapons coming from Pakistan since October when the farmers began their agitation against the three farm laws, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has said and... from NDTV News - Special https://ift.tt/3r82UDE